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.Dd May 19, 2018
.Dt OPNSENSE-INSTALLER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm opnsense-installer
.Nd OPNsense installer utility
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility will launch the graphical installation process.
The installation is driven by a frontend connected to the backend
process via local socket.
.Pp
The purpose of the installer is to install the system on a target
disk using several options like UFS, ZFS, GEOM mirror, GPT, MBR, etc.
It may also carry out tasks such as configuration import or password
recovery.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr opnsense-importer 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in pfSense under the name
.Nm lua_installer
and operates the historical
.Nm bsdinstaller ,
which first appeared in
.Dx .
Both projects no longer use these programs.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Scott Ullrich Aq Mt sullrich@gmail.com
